World’s Smallest Frog Found—Fly-Size Beast Is Tiniest Vertebrate
Christine Dell’Amore,
National Geographic News
Paedophryne amauensis is now the smallest known animal with a backbone.
The world’s smallest known vertebrate is a frog the size of a housefly, a new study says.
At an average of 7.7 millimeters long, the newfound Paedophryne amauensis is a hair smaller than the previous record holder, the Southeast Asian fishspecies Paedocypris progenetica, whose females measure about 7.9 millimeters.
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